How Much Saliva Do You Produce?

Saliva is predominantly water, but it has some chemicals. It functions as a lubricant and helps in digestion of carbohydrates. The amount of saliva and the thickness of the saliva can reflect on your hydration status or if you have any other oral cavities that need to be cleaned out. Sometimes excessive production of saliva could also reflect on some salivary gland inflammations. So katherine wondered er, do our emotions have an effect on how much saliva we produce? Can you can tell anything about someone's emotional state from their saliva?

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